UEFA puts PSG, Manchester City and Infantino under pressure

As the continental umbrella association made clear on Tuesday night in general and without explicitly naming the two “sheikh clubs” that had fallen further into disrepute as a result of the Football Leaks revelations, apparently following public pressure, subsequent proceedings are also possible in the case of previously unknown facts .

Infantino denies allegations “If new information suggests that previously closed cases have been abused, these cases may be reopened on a case-by-case basis,” UEFA stressed. A similar caveat applies to completed FFP checks in ongoing audit cycles: “If new information emerges that may be relevant to this assessment, UEFA will use it to question the figures and ask the club concerned to explain. Ask for clarification or refutation.”

The UEFA statement is also piquant because of the involvement of the former UEFA general secretary and current world association president Gianni Infantino (Switzerland) in what appear to be dubious events surrounding the two clubs. According to the media reports from the beginning of the month, in 2014 Infantino, as UEFA “general”, went past the responsible committees of his association and agreed and ultimately met with extremely mild penalties for serious FFP violations by the clubs and their Arab owners instead of possibly due exclusions of the top teams from the Champions League have enforced. Infantino denies the allegations. Gianni Infantino, former UEFA general secretary and now FIFA president. © ANSA / Vincent Thian

Paris and Manchester are generally the focus of critical observers because of their financial behavior. PSG is said to have presented unrealistically high sponsorship contracts during FFP audits and thus tried to legitimize its exorbitant transfer spending, such as for superstar Neymar (from FC Barcelona to Paris in 2017 for 222 million euros). In the case of the Citizens, excessive cash injections from their owner in Abu Dhabi are said to have flowed into the English champions' coffers over several years, disguised as payments from various companies, thereby circumventing the FFP.

An initial investigation into the Paris books in connection with the financing of the previous season was initially discontinued by UEFA last summer without any results. A short time later, however, the European Association initiated the examination of renewed control of the money flows between the French champions and the PSG owners from Qatar.

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UEFA puts PSG, Manchester City and Infantino under pressure

The top clubs Paris St. Germain and Manchester City have to fear official repercussions due to alleged past violations of UEFA's Financial Fair Play rules.

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